Game apparatus.



' R. M. BRENNER.

GAME APPARATUS.-

APPiLICATION FILED JAN-24, 1911.

Patented July 24, 1917.

.Mfiwwew Br I v ATTORNEYS WITNESSES RICHARD M. BRENNER, OF PALISAIDE,NEW JERSEY.

GAME ArrAnA'rUs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. July 2a, 1917.

Application filed January 24, 1917. Serial No. 144,145.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD M. BRENNER, a citizen of the United. States,and a resident of Palisade, in the county of Bergen and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Game Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved gameapparatus, more especially designed for use in pleasure resorts,exhibition grounds and like places, and arranged to require considerableskill on the part of a player to successfully play the game. Anotherobject is to provide a game apparatus in the form of a toy for childrento afford amusement tothe same and to aid the children in learning rapidaddition.

In order to produce the desired result, use is made of a table or alley,provided with rails and open at one end to permit of rolling the ballover the table, the head end of the table being provided with spacedpockets for the ball to pass into, and countersmounted in the saidrails, each counter having peripheral members projecting beyond theinner face of the corresponding rail into a possible path of the ballrolled over the table, to cause the ball to turn the counter, eachmember of which is provided with a score numeral.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the game apparatus Fig. 2 is an enlargedcross section of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section of a portion of the table, one railand a counter, the section being on the line 33 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 44 of Fig.2; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

A table 10 is mounted on a suitable support 11 and is preferably coveredon itsupper surface with a fabric material, veneer or other material 12,and the head of the table is provided with a goal preferably in the formof a number of pockets 13 having associated therewith score numerals, asplainly indicated in Fig. 1. The table 10 is provided with side rails 14joined with a head rail 15 thus leaving the foot end of the table openfor the player to project a ball over the table either by hand or by theuse of a one or other tool.

The rails 14 and 15 are provided along the top with an inwardlyextending cushion 16 rounded off at the corners at the head of thetable, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. The cushion 16 is preferably madeof rubber covered with cloth or other material to readily deflect a ballwhich strikes the cushion at an angle, as indicated in dotted lines inFig. 1.

In each of the rails 14 and 15 are mounted counters 20, preferably inthe form of wheels 21, disposed horizontally and mounted on ballbearings 22 carried by a central post 23 attached to the correspondingrail and the tablelO, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3. The wheel 21 ofeach counter is provided on its peripheral face with a plurality ofmembers 2 preferably in the form of disks, bearing different scorenumerals, as indi cated in Fig. 5. The members 24 project through a slot25 formed in the inner face of the corresponding rail 14 or 15 so thatone of the members 24 projects at the time into a possible path of theball rolled over the table 10. By reference to Figs. 1 and 5, it will benoticed that the members 24 are spaced equal distances apart, and theaxis of the counter is located in such relation relative to the innerface of the corresponding rail that only one of the members 24 canpossibly project through the slot 25 into the path of the ball rolledover the table. As shown in Fig. 1, the counters in the two side rails14 are preferably disposed directly opposite each other while thecounters 20 at the head rail 15 are spaced equal distances from themedian center line of the table.

b 1 playing the game, the player rolls a over the table with a view toscore as high as possible by turning the projecting member of any one orany number of the counters and landing the ball in thepocket 13 markedwith the highest score number. In starting the game the counters areturned by hand until the members 24 having the numeral 0 thereon projectinto the path of the ball, as indicated in Fig. 1. The player is given anumber of balls, say 7, and, as stated above, the object is to make ashigh a score with the seven balls as possible.

Thus the player can roll the ball along the table, say at one side, tostrike the several projecting members 2A with a view to turn thecounters to display another member with a higher score number thereon,and land such ball into one of the pockets 13. The player with thesecond ball tries to turn such counters that were not turned before orthat had a number '24: with a low numeral displayed, Thus considerableskill is required on the part of the player toeventually turn thecounters to display their highest score numerals and to have located asmany balls as possible in the pockets 13. It is understood that after aball has been rolled and landed in a pocket 13 it may be removed fromthe table so as to make room for the next ball.

The counters 20 are mounted on ball bearings to turn very easily and aplayer throws the ball with more or less force against a member 24 inorder to turn the counter to display a higher score numeral, By the useof the cushion 16 the ball can be projected from one side to the otherto turn counters on opposite sides.

It is understood that after a player has rolled the allotted number ofballs, the total score is noted down and a next player now proceeds toplay with a view to make as high a score as possible.

The game apparatus may be constructed in the form of a toy for use bychildren. In this case the game is played the same as above described,but it will be noticed that as the children have to add up the displayednumerals of the counters together with the amount scored when the ballsare located in any one of the pockets 13, the children readily improvetheir ability in quickly adding up the different amounts.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A game apparatus, comprising a table provided withrails and open at one end to permit of rolling a ball over the table,the head end of the table being provided with spaced pockets for theball to pass into, and counters mounted to turn on a vertical axis inthe said rails,- each 'counter'having peripheral members projectingbeyond the Copies of this patent may be obtained for inner face of thecorresponding rail into a possible path of the ball rolled over thetable.

2. A game apparatus, comprising a table, rails extending alongthe twosides and one end, the other end of the table being unobstructed forrolling a ball over the table,

and counters jo-urnaled in the rails and each having numbered membersspaced equal distances apart and projecting singly beyond the inner faceof the corresponding rail into a possible path of the ball rolled overthe table,

3. A game apparatus, comprising a table provided at the head withpockets, side rails extending along the sidesof the table, a head railextending across the. head of the table and joined with the side rails,and wheels journaled in the rails on vertically disposed axes, eachwheel being provided on its peripheral face with disks spaced equaldistances apart and bearing different score numerals on their upperfaces, the disks projecting singly beyond the inner face of thecorresponding rail.

4. A game apparatus, comprising a table provided at the headwith'pockets, side rails extending along the sides of'the table, a headrail extending across the head of the table and joined with the siderails, and wheels journaled in the rails on vertically disposed providedon its. peripheral face with disks spaced equal distances apart andbearing different score numerals on their upper faces, the disksprojecting singly beyond the inner face of the corresponding rail, thewheels at the side rails being arranged op posite each other and thewheels at the head rail being arranged equal distances on -op-. positesides of the longitudlnal center line of the table.

5, A game provided with ing provided apparatus, comprising a tablerails, the head of the table be with a goal for a ball rolled over thetable, and counters journaled onthe rails and each having countingmembers projecting singly beyond the inner face of the correspondingrailrinto a possible path of the ball rolled over the table? RICHARD M.BRENNER.

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